Progression
this week was another great week. we tried to focus as much as possible on the investigators that we found the last couple weeks. we also focused on extending baptismal dates to them all. it turned out pretty great! almost all commited to a date to prepare for baptism. haha! we will see how many of them are seriously commited, because a lot of the time they just say yes because they are to shy to say no. haha. sometimes i feel like the parable of the Gospel net is the theme of my mission sometimes haha. we teach and work with a lot of people but in the end most of the time we are just sepparating those that are ready from those not so ready.
this week we had a great experience. we have been working with Brother Jayel(progressing) for a couple weeks now. he has been gaining a stronger and stronger testimony of Joseph Smith every week. especially as he has come to church. everytime we visit him he has shared how close he is to completely believing that this is the true church... he is pretty close ("97%") haha. as we studied and planned for him we decided we needed to teach him the Law of Chastisy in order to help him become more prepared for his baptism in a couple weeks. we new it was going to be one of those lessons that would be very difficult for him and would be a deciding lesson in his future progression t... because he is part of the LGBT group. when we usually teach he usually asks a lot of questions but as we began to teach and explain the standards of the church he became very quiet and silently listened. when we finished explaining the standards. he asked whether it was a sin to be part of the LGBT. after we further explained the standards he said. "I know what you are teaching is true, and i want to follow it. but this commandment will be very hard for me. i can't promise that i will be able to follow it perfectly at first but i will try!" It was more than we were expecting him to say! both i and elder motley were amayzed and suprized at how converted he really is. up till this point we weren't really sure if he was following his commitments because he was being converted or whether he just liked one of us. we had him pray at the conclusion of the lesson and i remember feeling the spirit so strongly as he humbly asked for the help and strength to turn from those sins he is having such a hard time with. it was one of the most spiritual lessons i have ever had on my mission. I love seeing others as they follow the promptings of the spirit as they repent!
this week was another great week. we tried to focus as much as possible on the investigators that we found the last couple weeks. we also focused on extending baptismal dates to them all. it turned out pretty great! almost all commited to a date to prepare for baptism. haha! we will see how many of them are seriously commited, because a lot of the time they just say yes because they are to shy to say no. haha. sometimes i feel like the parable of the Gospel net is the theme of my mission sometimes haha. we teach and work with a lot of people but in the end most of the time we are just sepparating those that are ready from those not so ready.
this week we had a great experience. we have been working with Brother Jayel(progressing) for a couple weeks now. he has been gaining a stronger and stronger testimony of Joseph Smith every week. especially as he has come to church. everytime we visit him he has shared how close he is to completely believing that this is the true church... he is pretty close ("97%") haha. as we studied and planned for him we decided we needed to teach him the Law of Chastisy in order to help him become more prepared for his baptism in a couple weeks. we new it was going to be one of those lessons that would be very difficult for him and would be a deciding lesson in his future progression t... because he is part of the LGBT group. when we usually teach he usually asks a lot of questions but as we began to teach and explain the standards of the church he became very quiet and silently listened. when we finished explaining the standards. he asked whether it was a sin to be part of the LGBT. after we further explained the standards he said. "I know what you are teaching is true, and i want to follow it. but this commandment will be very hard for me. i can't promise that i will be able to follow it perfectly at first but i will try!" It was more than we were expecting him to say! both i and elder motley were amayzed and suprized at how converted he really is. up till this point we weren't really sure if he was following his commitments because he was being converted or whether he just liked one of us. we had him pray at the conclusion of the lesson and i remember feeling the spirit so strongly as he humbly asked for the help and strength to turn from those sins he is having such a hard time with. it was one of the most spiritual lessons i have ever had on my mission. I love seeing others as they follow the promptings of the spirit as they repent!
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